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Radiation colitis and Ulcerative colitis

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Difference between Radiation colitis and Ulcerative colitis

Radiation colitis vs. Ulcerative colitis

Radiation colitis is injury to the colon caused by radiation therapy. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a long-term condition that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum.

Similarities between Radiation colitis and Ulcerative colitis

Radiation colitis and Ulcerative colitis have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Diarrhea, Gastrointestinal tract, Large intestine, Radiation therapy, Rectal tenesmus, Rectum.

Diarrhea

Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose or liquid bowel movements each day.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (digestive tract, digestional tract, GI tract, GIT, gut, or alimentary canal) is an organ system within humans and other animals which takes in food, digests it to extract and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces.

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Large intestine

The large intestine, also known as the large bowel or colon, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates.

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Radiation therapy

Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is therapy using ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator.

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Rectal tenesmus

Rectal tenesmus (tēnesmus, from Greek τεινεσμός teinesmos, from τείνω teínō to stretch, strain) is a feeling of incomplete defecation.

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Rectum

The rectum is the final straight portion of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals, and the gut in others.

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Radiation colitis and Ulcerative colitis Comparison

Radiation colitis has 11 relations, while Ulcerative colitis has 201. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 2.83% = 6 / (11 + 201).

References

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